Palermo
City in Italy: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Palermo is a city in Italy, in Sicily. About 648,260 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Italy in our atlas.
It lies at 38.12° N, 13.36° E, about 14 m (46 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Rome time zone.
Location
Red dot: Palermo. Green dots: other major cities of Italy. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Palermo has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 31°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 7°C (45°F). Around 712 mm (28 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in ItalyNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Catania · 164 km
- Messina · 191 km
- Naples · 314 km
- Rome · 426 km
- Bari · 453 km
- Florence · 655 km
- Bologna · 730 km
- Genoa · 798 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2523920 (CC BY 4.0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Il Teatro Massimo di Palermo: Vitoparisi92, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palais des Normands: Jules Vaulont, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palermo 0613 2013: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Monte pellegrino: Dedda71, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palazzo Natoli: Stendhal55, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palermo Teatro Politeama BW 2012-10-09 16-44-27: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palermo-Museo-Archeologico-bjs-11: Bjs, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sicilia Palermo1 tango7174: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
